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​Chain Business Insights publishes regular Research Briefs, each one focusing on specific industry issues and trends.

Research Briefs provide essential business intelligence, statistics and updates, together with our exclusive analyses, to help supply chain and trade finance professionals make informed decisions about their businesses.

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Chain Business Insights analysts can work with your corporate and business development functions to produce confidential, tailored and customized Research Briefs and reports to assist your company in formulating strategy and product development. We can also produce reports and eBooks on your behalf. Contact us to further discuss how we can help.

Smart Contracts in Supply Chain: Making Sense of a Potential Game Changer​

Chain Business Insights new research brief "Smart Contracts in Supply Chain: Making Sense of a Potential Game Changer"explains the role and promise of blockchain-based smart contracts for supply chain applications and delves into the benefits and challenges associated with adopting them.

The briefing paper contains a real life case study of how smart contracts have been leveraged for a multinational cotton supply chain POC and highlights a number of other key projects tapping smart contracts for supply chain and trade finance applications.

​Written specifically for supply chain business professionals, and presented in non-technical language, this research brief will get you quickly up to speed on:

* What smart contracts are and what they can do* Smart contracts benefits and challenges, and the role of lawyers* How smart contracts have already been tested * Other smart contracts uses in supply chain, and the vendors involved * Determining whether smart contracts are right for your business

If you are considering blockchain and smart contracts technology for your supply chain challenges, read this research brief before engaging with your IT department, meeting with consulting firms or taking the first vendor meeting.

Blockchain and the Future of Food: Driving Efficiency, Transparency and Trust in Food Supply Chains

Chain Business Insights new research brief "Blockchain and the Future of Food: Driving Efficiency, Transparency and Trust in Food Supply Chains" explains how blockchain can help to break down information silos to improve visibility and traceability from the farm to the table.​This research brief explains the shifting sands of the food industry and how complex, fragmented supply chains need to evolve to support new market dynamics and consumer demands.

It describes how blockchain technology can underpin the processes that deliver food from farm (or sea) to table. As well as clearly outlining the big picture, the brief also examines more than a dozen vendors that are looking to leverage blockchains in their supply chain and food efficiency platforms.​The future promise of these offerings and challenges to adoption are also discussed, making this research a must read for all professionals involved in the future of food.